MIXED MUSHROOM SPRING ROLLS W SWEET & SOUR DIPPING SAUCE
Ingredients
1 packet spring roll wrappers (wheat, not rice flour)
3 cups mixed fresh mushrooms – oyster, straw, brown button (not white button or Portobello)
1 cup dried mixed mushrooms
4 Tablespoons light soy sauce
1 Tablespoon Chinese rice wine
1 Teaspoon cornflour dissolved in 2 Tablespoons water
4 fresh Chinese garlic chives, chopped fine
Cooking oil – rice bran (enough for deep frying)
DIPPING SAUCE
4 Tablespoons dark soy sauce
2 Tablespoons rice wine
1 Tablespoons sugar
1 Teaspoon grated ginger
1 Teaspoon sesame oil
½ Teaspoon cornflour mixed with 2 Tablespoons water
Pinch of white pepper
Description
There’s nothing like making your own fried spring rolls from scratch and these ones are wonderful with a rich mushroom filling.
Makes approximately 15 rolls.
China - Shanghai
Method
In a bowl, cover dried mushrooms with hot water and leave to soak until they are plumped up. Drain well. Chop fresh & dried mushrooms. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok or pan.Saute mushrooms until cooked through, then add soy sauce, rice wineand cornflour and stir. As it cooks and thickens add more water if you need to, to form a small amount of sauce that binds the mushroom mixture together. Add the chives, set aside and cool.
Assemble spring rolls:
Take one wrapper, place it as a diamond on a board and take one tablespoon of mushroom mix. Roll once, then tuck in left & right points of diamond and continue rolling. Seal by brushing water (with a pastry brush) on top edges. Roll and ensure well sealed.
Heat the oil in small pot or wok for shallow frying.
Cook 3-4 spring rolls at one time, carefully lowering them into the oil (it should be hot enough that they bubble immediately and brown to golden in approx. 2-3 minutes). Cook to golden. Remove and set aside.
These will stay hot for some time so make your dipping sauce.
SAUCE: Warm all ingredients in a pot until sugar has dissolved and sauce has thickened.
Categories
Chicken
Snacks/Tapas
World Kitchen Series 4
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